USS Morse

       Acting Master Peter Hays, Commanding

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Description: Wooden side-wheel steam ferryboat

 

Tonnage: 513 tons

 

Length: 143’

 

Beam: 33’

 

Draft: 8’6”

 

Purchased: 7 November 1861

 

From: Brooklyn Ferry Co.

 

Built: 1859 at New York, New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of Gun

Reg. No.

Foundry

Prover

Weight

Year

 

IX-inch shell

321

C.A.&Co.

 

9165 lbs.

1861

 

IX-inch shell

322

C.A.&Co.

 

9165 lbs.

1861